Dunhaven to Redcoat

This time last year, we had officially sold our very first house. 

We bought our first house in the spring of 2007.  Located just off the tollway in Dallas, about a 20 minute drive away from my 20 year best friend, a 15 minute work commute for both Jared and I, 10 minutes from the coveted Northpark mall, and 3 minutes from Jared's best friend since the first grade and his wife that is an absolute treasured friend of mine, we loved our 1950's little house. 

Jared had made the mistake of saying that we should go look at some houses.  Well, of course, to me that meant that we were going to look at houses and buy one.  We looked at three houses in a neighborhood we had our eye on and the third one was a charm.  Jared did not have a prayer in the negotiation arena after I had made up my mind where the Christmas tree was going. 

We had a wonderful time making that house our home.  We painted every room in the house ourselves (some more than once), ripped up carpet, had the hardwoods redone, new front door, shutters, etc.  Jared did a major landscape renovation, in the front and back, and he made it look amazing.

This was the house that we brought Davis home to.  I am pretty sure we did our share of wearing down the floors as we paced back and forth getting him to sleep in those first few weeks.  We found out when Davis was 6 weeks old that we were Tyler bound.  While we were leaving our dearest friends and jobs behind, we knew that this was the Lord's plan for us and felt His decisive hand every step of the way.

Here is a picture of our family after we left the closing on our Dunhaven house.

3943 Dunhaven to...

6015 Redcoat

Jared had seen this house during one of his many mid week trips to Tyler before our move.  When we called about it, it was under contract, with another backup contract behind that.  So, while we loved the location and the style of the house (we have a special place for older looking homes), it had just not been meant to be, so we began our search in other areas.  We had actually found another house and driven down to sign the contract on it. 

Our realtor came in with the paperwork and said, "Not to throw a wrench in your plans, but there is a house that just came out of contract this morning that looks like your style of house.  It's on Redcoat.  Do you want to go look at it?"  Jared and I looked at each other shocked.  We had been comparing every house we saw to the "Redcoat" house, so while the house we intended on buying was great, we just had to take the opportunity to go look at it.  And well, you can guess what happened.

After a year, we still have some bare walls and a lengthy honey do list.  But Jared has already worked his magic to our front yard and we have put a pretty good dent on making it ours.  We look forward to spending many, many years here.

Beginning with the flawless selling/buying house experience to the genuine people we have met to the impact this move has had on our lives, we absolutely see God's plan for us here and praise the Lord for his sovereignty.  From Dunhaven to Redcoat to wherever, we praise the Lord for all of His blessings!